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How to Make Redstone in Minecraft

Use this simple recipe to make Redstone in Minecraft. You can see the exact ingredients, recipe layout, and workstation below.

Redstone recipe

Follow the recipe below. The pattern must use the correct slots when the recipe is shaped.

Method 1: Crafting Table

Place 1 Redstone Block in a Crafting Table to make 9 Redstone.

Ingredients

Crafting notes

  • Shapeless recipe with 1 ingredient: the order does not matter and it also fits in your 2 × 2 inventory grid.
  • Each craft uses 1 ingredient item and produces 9 Redstone. A full stack of 64 takes 8 crafts and 8 ingredient items in total.

Output: 9 Redstone

Method 2: Blast Furnace

Process 1 Deepslate Redstone Ore in a Blast Furnace to make 1 Redstone.

Cooking time: 10s Experience: +0.7 XP

Ingredients

  • 1 Deepslate Redstone Ore

Crafting notes

  • Cooking one item takes 10 seconds, so a full stack of 64 takes 10 min 40 s and gives 44.8 XP in total.

Output: 1 Redstone

Method 3: Blast Furnace

Process 1 Redstone Ore in a Blast Furnace to make 1 Redstone.

Cooking time: 10s Experience: +0.7 XP

Ingredients

  • 1 Redstone Ore

Crafting notes

  • Cooking one item takes 10 seconds, so a full stack of 64 takes 10 min 40 s and gives 44.8 XP in total.

Output: 1 Redstone

Method 4: Furnace

Process 1 Deepslate Redstone Ore in a Furnace to make 1 Redstone.

Cooking time: 10s Experience: +0.7 XP

Ingredients

  • 1 Deepslate Redstone Ore

Crafting notes

  • Cooking one item takes 10 seconds, so a full stack of 64 takes 10 min 40 s and gives 44.8 XP in total.

Output: 1 Redstone

Method 5: Furnace

Process 1 Redstone Ore in a Furnace to make 1 Redstone.

Cooking time: 10s Experience: +0.7 XP

Ingredients

  • 1 Redstone Ore

Crafting notes

  • Cooking one item takes 10 seconds, so a full stack of 64 takes 10 min 40 s and gives 44.8 XP in total.

Output: 1 Redstone

About this Minecraft recipe

This page shows the vanilla recipe for Redstone. It includes the exact ingredients, recipe layout, required workstation, and amount produced.

The data comes from Minecraft Java 26.3. Recipes can change in later game versions, so check the version you play before crafting.